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HB607Introduced in the House of Delegates

Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.

Introduced

Introduced by Amy Laufer, District 55

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Department of Environmental Quality; study of aggregate air pollution; data center generators; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a three-year study to research and model a variety of scenarios regarding aggregate air pollution in areas with a large volume of data centers and provide recommendations for future handling of minor air permits for data center generators and the need for increased air quality monitoring in the Commonwealth. The Department is directed to report its findings and any recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources by October 1, 2029.

Where it stands

Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)

January 27, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102759D

  2. Referred to Committee on Rules

  3. Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee

  4. Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

  5. Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)

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